Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.26
Liaison Gioia Thompson
Submission Date March 1, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Vermont
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.09 / 4.00 Nicholas Hartshorn
Facilities Operations Analyst
Physical Plant
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Total energy consumption (all sources, excluding transportation fuels), performance year :
740,017 MMBtu
+ Date Revised: Sept. 27, 2019

Option 1 

Total clean and renewable electricity generated on site during the performance year and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes:
1.02 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable electricity generating devices :
solar arrays

Option 2 

Non-electric renewable energy generated on-site, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of on-site renewable non-electric energy devices:
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Option 3 

Total clean and renewable electricity generated by off-site projects that the institution catalyzed and for which the institution retains or has retired the associated environmental attributes, performance year:
0 MMBtu

None
A brief description of off-site, institution-catalyzed, renewable electricity generating devices:
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Option 4 

Total third-party certified RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products (including renewable electricity purchased through a utility-provided certified green power option) purchased during the performance year:
201,905.10 MMBtu

A brief description of the RECs, GOs and/or similar renewable energy products, including contract timeframes:
58,800 MWh Green-e Certified American Wind from Renewable Choice Energy, 375 MWh Vintage 2015 Connecticut Class I REC derived from Chaput Family Farms in North Troy, VT “Cow Power”

Optional Fields

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.uvm.edu/sustain/sustainability-uvm/climate-action-plan

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Sierra magazine requests the following information from U.S. institutions that wish to share data with that organization:

Electricity use, by source (percentage of total, 0-100):
Percentage of total electricity use (0-100)
Biomass 6.80
Coal 4.50
Geothermal 0
Hydro 6.40
Natural gas 43.20
Nuclear 33.30
Solar photovoltaic 0.03
Wind 1.80
Other (please specify and explain below) 3.70

A brief description of other sources of electricity not specified above:
NEWE includes 1.9% oil; 1.7% other fossil fuels; 0.1% unknown/purchased

Energy used for heating buildings, by source::
Percentage of total energy used to heat buildings (0-100)
Biomass 0
Coal 0
Electricity 0
Fuel oil 6
Geothermal 0
Natural gas 94
Other (please specify and explain below) ---

A brief description of other sources of building heating not specified above:
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Percentage of total energy consumption from clean and renewable sources:
27.28

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The NEWE mix information comes from the eGrid summary tables: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-01/documents/egrid_summarytables.pdf Everyone who enters data should be aware of this resource. Or better yet, the online tool would include all the regional resource mix data.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.